Bruce Springsteen is back with first song Hello Sunshine from new album

By Deputy Chief EditorApril 27, 2019

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(FILES) In this file photo taken on July 11, 2016, US musician Bruce Springsteen performs with The E Street Band at the AccorHotels Arena in Paris. - The Boss is back in town: Bruce Springsteen said on April 25, 2019 he will release his first new album in five years this June, promising a return to his signature ruminations on the American condition. Springsteen's 19th studio album "Western Stars," set for release June 14, drew inspiration from southern California pop classics of the 1960s and 70s, the legendary artist from New Jersey said. (Photo by BERTRAND GUAY / AFP)BERTRAND GUAY/AFP/Getty Images — Bruce is back (Picture: AFP)

Bruce Springsteen is back and has returned with his first track from his upcoming solo album.

The legendary singer released single Hello Sunshine ahead of his first new studio album in five years.

The album Western Stars was recorded primarily at Springsteens home studio in New Jersey with additional recording in California and New York.

The album is expected to take inspiration from the Southern California pop records of the late 60s and early 70s.

Ahead of the release of his 19th album Springsteen spoke of the journey he took to coming back to his fans.

Teasing the record in 2017, he told Variety: That album is influenced by Southern California pop music of the 70s: Glen Campbell, Jimmy Webb, Burt Bacharach, those kinds of records. I dont know if people will hear those influences, but that was what I had in my mind.

It gave me something to hook an album around; it gave me some inspiration to write. And also, its a singer-songwriter record. Its connected to my solo records writing-wise, more Tunnel of Love and Devils and Dust, but its not like them at all. Just different characters living their lives.

This cover image released by Columbia Records shows "Western Stars," the next album by Bruce Springsteen to release on June 14. (Columbia Records via AP) — Western Stars is Bruce Springsteens new album (Picture: Columbia Records)

The 13 tracks on Western Stars cover multiple American themes, of highways and desert spaces, of isolation and community and the permanence of home and hope.

Back in 2016, The Boss bravely opened up about his battle with depression in his autobiography.

He detailed his fight with mental health in new memoir Born To Run, and how he came to be plagued by depression in recent years.

Speaking to Vanity Fair ahead of the books release, the star explained how he had previously seen his father battling with the illness.

You dont know the illnesss parameters, he said.

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